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Elizabeth Holmes’ partner has a new blood-testing startup
New York Times: If sequels are de rigueur in the tech world, this one is especially bold.

NZ fogcaster start-up signs deal with British Airways subsidiary
A Kiwi inks a new deal as she aims to cut hassles fog inflicts on passengers and pilots.

Tech Insider: Blackbird partner says Govt made mistake giving up on $300m Elevate fund
PLUS: Blackbird gears up for $1 billion raise.

Kitea Health nears finish line for $10m raise, reports key wins
PLUS: Co-founder reveals end game.

Not another Dave! Tech studio offers $15k to female-led start-up
A Kiwi company is offering a $15k support package to a female-led tech start-up.

Auckland startup Polymath, with its contrarian take on AI, raises money from a heavy-hitter
"Our goal is to be the household name for screen time that parents can feel good about."

Tech Insider: A big move ahead of Spark’s earnings, more Callaghan chaos
PLUS: Who is New Zealand's DOGE-master?

Corporate tax rate cut unlikely to spur growth, but three other things could work, expert says
Call for more targeted tax tweaks as economy languishes.

Fogbusters: Aerospace start-up Pyper Vision and founder Emily Blythe's radical journey
A Christchurch-based start-up is developing a deep learning model to better predict fog.

Newly minted unicorn: Jamie Beaton's Crimson raises $68m at $1b valuation
'It's the single biggest cheque we've ever written.'

Inside can maker Recorp's $100m plant
Manakau-based aluminium can maker Recorp was founded by ex-Air NZ boss Rob Fyfe and backed by several wealthy Kiwis. Video / Dean Purcell

'NZ is our superpower': American CEO on keeping faith in Kiwis
Life after the $1.5 billion firm's NZX delisting.

Tech Insider: Start-up raises $12m for its new way of business banking
PLUS: One NZ gets 'cell tower-in-the-sky' green light, LinkedIn's new take on AI.

Former sparkie in for $9m+ payday as his app sells to UK firm
PLUS: The OIO publishes more details on Kami's $289m offshore sale.

‘We couldn’t have done it without AI’ – Kiwi start-up raises $6m
Start-up's customer research software adopted by some of NZ and Australia's biggest firms.

Tech Insider: Mark Rocket on Kea Aerospace’s $15m raise, rift with Peter Beck
Plus: New blood at Tuanz, John Chow goes electric.

Helping Dad to walk: Engineer joins deep-tech 'big brains' to follow a dream
Some of the best Kiwi brains are behind deep-tech technology that will startle the world.

Americans take controlling stake in NZ software firm at $300m valuation
A second hot education startup falls under US control.

Laybuy NZ snapped up by Swedish 'unicorn'
New owner pledged new energy two months after 'heartbreaking' receivership.

'One of NZ's largest data centres’ – rich-lister saves failed start-up
A phoenix company, formed from the ashes of Nyriad, could cash in on the AI boom.